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Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper (View All)
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Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
The creative team behind Being John Malkovich -- director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman -- return with this equally offbeat comedy, in which Kaufman himself becomes the leading character. Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) is a gifted but profoundly neurotic screenwriter who, after the success of Being John Malkovich, has been hired to write a script adapted from the nonfiction book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. But while Charlie is obsessive about his work, he's also intensely paranoid, given to deep depression, socially inept, and terrified of talking to women, qualities which are making it difficult to get on with his work or hold on to his tenuous relationship with girlfriend Amelia (Cara Seymour). Meanwhile, Charlie's identical twin brother, Donald Kaufman (also played by Cage), has shown up to move in with his brother. Emotionally, Donald is Charlie's polar opposite -- a loudmouthed, over-confident, superficial party animal who has an easy way with the ladies. Donald has decided to follow his brother's footsteps and take up screenwriting as well, but embracing the dictates of screenwriting tutor Robert McKee (Brian Cox), he's cranking out a cliché-ridden serial-killer thriller when not busy making time with new girlfriend Caroline (Maggie Gyllenhaal). As Donald blazes through his screenplay, Charlie slowly picks away at his story, in which author Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) chronicles John Laroche (Chris Cooper), a scruffy but devoted plant enthusiast who tries to save rare species of orchids by stealing them from their natural home in the swamps of Florida. As John and Susan become better acquainted, they find themselves attracted to one another; similarly, Charlie finds himself increasingly fascinated with Susan, and finds himself falling in love with her, even though he's only seen her photo on the dust jacket of her book. Charlie arranges to meet Susan, but is too nervous to confront her face to face, so he sends Donald (who has just scored a seven-figure deal for his script) in his place, while he attends a screenwriting seminar held by McKee. Adaptation also features Tilda Swinton, Judy Greer, and Stephen Tobolowsky. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/6/02
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, sexuality, some drug use and violent images.
Running Time
114 mins.
Locations
- California, USA
- Florida, USA
- New York, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$22,245,861
Awards
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Silver Bear award at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2002 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2002 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2002 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up) award at the 2002 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2002 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Writer award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2002 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Top Ten Movie of the Year award at the 2002 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2002 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Most Promising Performer award at the 2002 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay (Runner-up) award at the 2002 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
